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The Wilmingtonian., 1887-04-16
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An lInllnm. nollnm. nnlIon,

Mistakins the door young Mr.. Cipher
walked into the dentists Office instead of the
doctors. Doctor he Groaned, I'm in bad
shape. My head aches all tho time and can't
do anything with it." Yes, yes" said DIR.
Toothalcr cheerfuliy. "I see; big cavity in
it; must he hollow; you will need to have it
filed" And seeing his mistake young Mr..
Cipher npoioSized and went out and told it
all around nsa capital good joke on the DEN
tist.-Burdette, in Brooklyn Eagle
There are 400 known ways in which a
horse cun be unsound, and vet when YOU buy
ore vpu will lnd way not vet catslnstSSd,
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a cnnn,rr 1axI pissIrnted.

An extract from Cousin B0Ds letter TO
Cousin Zce:
"Now that the beautiful month of May has
come with its attendant train of luxuriant
flowers, envy your lot out there in the coun-
try. / can imagine you roaming over the
shady road and grassy meadows, drawing life
and health from the warm rays OF the un-
clouded sun. Lucky fellow. ="
The above represents Zelie going to the vii
lase for Dob's letter.-Judge.
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They Didn't Hear what Was Promised.
Little Boston Boy-Manma ] sec that our
Mr.. Lowell has been taiAaig to the people of
Chicago.
Mamma Yes, dear.
Little Boston Boy nftcr some contempla-
tionl-Wcll, what do you fancy such people
want to hear.-Puck.
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A Cantion TO Ladies.

BEWARE uF THOSE TREACHEROUS GACzE
FANS.
Mr.. Pomp.y Bodnll-W Wcll-a--now that l
have thoroughly explained to you what my
convictions ar. u,h regard to the fisheries
question will proceed to-But-a-I am
really afraid begin to pcrceive-a-that my
views on the subject fail TO arouse your in
terest, Miss Alushaul-Adapted from Punch.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-04-16

The poet who has seen his fondcst hopes
decay is having what practical man would
cali n rotten time of it in this world.-New
Orleans Picayune.
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Additional Trains,
On SATURDAY unl,, will leave Wilmington at
IL is p IN. for Newbridge, Dupont, and all inter
mediate points.
French Creek Branch Trains,
Leave st Peters COS J0a,m l2S,ss0. and b. 10 m.
Arrive springheid7 25, s. am. I.U0, O0,&8O O5pm
GOING SOUTH, DAILY Except sundsy.)
Sund.
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an appeal 10 Conscience.

Um0hn Ulme-"My dear, ElSlcr IS not Tar
Off.
Husband Not far, that's fact
"And III good people should rejoice at
EASTER"
"Of course.
ado You suppose any human being can re-
joice in an old bonnet like this,'-Omaha
World.
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A few days since a well known negro man,
who was the fortunate possessor Of fine lot
on enc of the leading residence streets of the
city, sold his property for $4,000 cash. He
was given check for that amount, which
was carried in due time TO one of the banks.
The paying teller asked the regro how much
of the money he wanted in cash.
~ wants all that ar paper calls fur re-
/ iel tlo negro.
"What! You don't want $4,000 in cashl"
"Jesso, sab"
"All right" answered the man who shufIles
the bank bills, and in five minutes he began
piling the money on the counter AS he laid
the $500 packages on the counter the negro's
eyes began to grow larger and larger, and
finally when twenty of the packages were
placed before him his eyes looked as large as
new moons. Tho negro looked intently at
the stack of money for moment, and then,
with broad grin OH his face, said
"I'se jist paralyzed, boss; gimme $3.50 and
you kin keep de rest of that till call agin. "
Chattanooga Times.
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YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
HOW ANIMALS DEFEND THEMSELVES
IN TIME OF DANGER.

Popular Out Door Game for Active
Lads-The Manner In which Different
Birds Select Materials and Construct
Nests for Their Young.
The construction and selected situations of
the nests of birds are as remarkable as the
variety of materials employed in them. The
same forms, places and articles are rarely,
perhaps never, found united by the different
species, which one would suppose similar
necessities would direct to uniform provi-
sion.
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& NORTHERN RAIL
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GOING NORTH, DAlLY, lE1ceprF unday.l
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THE WEEKLY PRESS is printed in
bold clear type. It is staunchly Republican
in politics.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-01-17

report on the electoral count BILL but,as Mr..
Conger did not understand its provisions,
postponed calling it up until tomorrow.
The resolution providing for the celebration
in this city Of the centennial OF the adoption
of the Constitution was reported. Mr.. Ed
munds requested the postoffice committee
to report as soon as possible the postal tele-
rraph bill. The Senate then passed the
pensions appropriation, and took up the
army appropriation bill.
From the talk in the general office OF the
Richmond and Danville Railroad in this
CITY, it is supposed that the offices OF that
road will not be moved back to Virginia.
Among the Christmas and New Years
gifts Mr.. w. w. Corcoran received this
year wero ;wenty-si pairs Of slippers and twelve
muflleTs, of which he already had enough
stock store, as he never gives any OF them
away, having done so once and been detected.
The condition of representative Cox IS very
precarious and his friends are moro than solicit
Gus about him. He has had hemorrhages from the
lungs and bowels, and his kidneys are SAID to be
diseased. His physicians this morning SAID he
was very i'll man.
Representative Croxton and ex-representatiye
Sener of the Isl Virginia district will appear be-
fore the House Library committee tomorrow and
argue in favor OF the bill appropratlng S2ooOo
for the completion of the Mary Washington mon
ument at Fredericksburg. 1t is believed the COM
mttee will report the bill favorably.
The friends Of the bill to refund the indebted
ness of the Pacific railroads are by no means nope
full of its passage at this session.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

The colored men of Culpeper have organ
lied fire engine company.
There is report of discovery of gold and
silver deposits in Botetourt county.
Edward Lomax, a cavalryman in the late
war, died in lower Fauquier last week.
CT. Hayes lost two stacks of hay near
Warrenton Thursday night, they having
been set on fire.
Mrs. Marine, of New York, has presented
st. Stephens Church, Culpeper, with hand
some altar cloths.
Mr.. VIM. E. Clopton, Of New Kent coun-
tv. died, at Williamsburg, last Saturday
morning He was sick only few days.
The widow of the late VIM. c. Armstrong
was found dead in her bed at Woodville,
Rappahannock county, one day last week.
Pamplin's, Appomattox county, so long on
ly known as an unprete2tious country rail-
road station, has lately blossomed out into
quite promising town.
Mr.. S. G. Whittle has resigned as mem
her of the Board of Visitors Of the Virginia
Military Institute, and has been appointed
BY the Governor Judge of the Fourth judi
cial district.
A movement has been undertaken by
shipowners and others in New York to raise
funds for the relief Of the families left desti-
tute by the capaizing of the life.boat off the
Virginia coast on the Sth instant.
Mr.. II. a. Jones, sheriff of King George
county, On Saturday last arrived at the
Richmond penitentiary with Henry Lucas
alias Henry jackson, sentenced to one year
for unlawful shooting.
Rev. Andrew Broaddus, many years pas
tor of the old Masssponnax Baptist Church
in Spottsylvania county, has rendered his
resignation to take effect July l, and has &C.
cepted call to the Bethel Church, Caroline
county.
The city councils of Bristol and Goodson
have unanimously voted subscription OF
$4,000 to the Bristol and South Atlantic
Railroad and the road to Elizrbethton, Tenn.
They also offer q donation of 1000 to the
first person or firm building 100 ton iron
furnace in the town.
The board of managers OF the Lee Monu-
ment Association held meeting last Satur
day at Richmond to consider the new mod
els recently received from Niehaus, Otto and
Mercie The latter is very famous sculp-
tor OF Paris. The Board adjourned without
deciding anything definite.
The remains of the officers and seamen OF
the German ship Elizabeth, to the number
of sixteen, were taken to Norfolk yesterday,
throughout which city and on all the ship
ping flags were displayed at half mast until
after the funeral. The coilios, wrapped in
German flags, were taken to Emwood Gem.
etery, where, in the lot of the Seamen's
Friend Society, sixteen graves had been
opened for their reception. The funeral
took place in the presence of q large num-
Der of people. Germans and seafaring men
being the larger number.
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NEWS OF TrgE DIV.

Friedrich Amerlng, the painter, died in
Vienna on Saturday, aged ST years.
Preparations for the elections for the
choice of members OF the new German
Reichstag are actively proceeding.
Mayor Hodges, of Baltimore, about five
O'clock Saturday evening fell on the ice and
fractured the humerus of his right arm.
Secretary Lamar returned to Washington
on Saturday with his bride, and was in at
tendance at the Interior Department por-
ton of the day.
There will be two inaugurasions to NOR.
row-Gen. James A. Beaver as Governor OF
Pennsylvania, and Hon. Benjamin I. Biggs
as Governor Of Delaware.
The convention of the American Ship
ping and Industrial League will meet IN
Washington tomorrow. Delegates from
every State and Territory in the Union, to
the number of 200, are expected.
Mrs. Mary Stansberry, aged seventy years,
widow the late Rev. Jessie Stansbury, Tell
dead Yesterday afternoon, while gazing at
the corpse of Mr.. John S. Yearley. rela-
tive at Goyanstown, Baltimore county.
A reign of terror exists in the town OF Ca
tulla, Tex, the county seat of Lszal!e coun-
ty, and as the result of fatal feud existing
county commissioner Hill and another man
have been shot down and killed in cold
blood within the past month, and the STAY
ers of both, although perfectly well known
have not been arrested. The town is prac
tically under martial law and business is 81.
most suspended.
The Ohio Legislature has adopted joint
resolutions requesting Senators and Con
gressmen to urge the passage of the bill tt
refund to Northern States certain amounts
paid by them on direct war tax assessed Au
gust 5, 1861, and would relieve Southern
States of the proportion assessed against
them and still unpaid The amount of al
appropriation to carry this into effect vii
no exceed SIS 000,0 900.
Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of the Hon
Jefferson Davis, who has been visiting il
Syracuse, N. Y, for the past month, leave:
for home. at Beauvoir, Miss, this week
She will be accompanied by DIR. and Mrs
Thomas Emory whose guest she has beer
in Syracuse Miss Davis is delighted will
her visit to the North, and expresses de
termination to make another visit shortly L
| her Northern friends.
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WooLw. Gil ARSENAL STATION,
Sunday njuht.

Ny dearest: will be in tho Home on Tuesday
at noon. l possess your letter which got at
Ethan do not hope for much in this transit
tory world but l will be good to you and You will
not reproach me- my little angel. Yes, l am
yours, very unworthy, but the world is so little
and my world is you. But you must believe me
to be your true friend. LOUIS.
The second letter bears likewise the Lon
don postmark, Feb. 10, 1878, and com
mences My Dearest Lottie." After saying
how much be was annoyed because be could
not come to Ludgate Hill, he says: please
to meet me tomorrow morning at 1880 at
Cannon street, the usual place. We will
then do some shopping together and return
to Piccadilly." The letter is signed Your
loving friend, Walter Louis" Both letters
were addressed to Nine. Watkins, SO Jer-
myn street, London. The originals of the
letters and kilograms are held by an Eng
lish solicitor in Paris. and be declares that
the facts have been given to the public by
the brother Of Miss Watkins. He adds that
Mics Watkins obtained place as teacherin
Melbourne through tie recommendation OF
an English clergyman, and that she would
have preferred to allow the matter TO rest
forever, desiring only that the child he edu
Gated in France 1t is strange story alto
gether One suggestion is that it is a
scheme 10 blackmail the eX-Empress Eu-
genie.
The story is that the two lived together
in Jermyn street, London. The written
statement Of Miss Charlotte Watkins says
in substance: 81 met the Prince at the end
of October, 1877, alone in compartment on
the railway between Buckley and Victoria.
When left alone in the compartment the
gentleman was very respectful. he said
few words and then most tenderly asked for
q rendezvous He wrote on his envelope,
MIR. Walter Louis He sent me telegram
shortly afterward TO meet him ut the Brus.
wick Hotel, Jermyn street. He seemed
nervous, and asked me whether | could not
make a pretext for leaving home. We
crossed the road and inquired for apart
ments at No. SO. So our intimacy sprang
up. received in money, given with great
delicacy, during our intimacy $3.50, s40O OF
this being given before his departure. Al
luding on one occasion to portrait in q
store window the Prince blushed and said
oh, never humble me by mentioning the
son of Napoleon III to me. have no ele.
ment of greatness in me am not worthy
to be Emperor of France When 1 told him
was enciente he seemed much disturbed,
but said, L will be kind to you. Always re-
mind me OF those words in the future"
Miss Watkins says she does not make her
statement to obtain money. but thinks it
would have been unfair to her boy not to
have spoken. She saw the Empress once
10 church at Chisehurst soon after the
Prince was killed. Miss Watkins Yves cry
ing and Eugene extended her hand. The
child, which is said to be the image of his
father, is at the chateau CT the Marquis
d'Oyley, Bellevue.
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1.csfer from Fnuouier.

Correspondence Of the Alexandria GAZETTE.
MARSHALL. Jan. 15th.-With six weeks Of
the winter season gone, our ice houses filled
and supplies OF food for man and beast, our
people seem to enjoy their wonted content
ment and gratitude TO the bestower of all
our blessings. Though the snow is nearly all
melted the sleghing was excellent for q
week or so, and the Juveniles enjoyed the
fun of snow balling each other, skating,
coasting, etc.
There is now telephone communication
between Marshall and Alexandria; Office at
Messrs. Whiting and Clark store, and with
Warrenton, Upper Fauquier and Loudoun
county stations, office at Mr.. Ramy's store.
message to Alexandria costs fifteen cents
and to Warrenton ten cents. This valuable
enterprise it is said cost the company TWEEN.
ty-five dollars per mile. They have also an
annual expense for the use Of the phones.
Our farmers and merchants now enjoy at
small expense the benefit of direct con-
nection with business centres. TIE ply
sician has, also, an advantage to order
medical supplies without the delay incl
dent to the uncertainties of the mails
Indeed time, space and expense will now
be cblterated. As an example of the great
boon which the telephone coniers, it may be
mentioned that one of our prominent farm
ers lately made purchase of q large lot of
cattle, though allowed day for his final de
cison. He was prevented by the late cold
and stormy weather closing the bargain in
person, but did this by telephone only few
hours before third party came along to
make higher bid
The writer has been lately favored to ex
anime the splendid library of the Mt. Yer
non family now in possession of Mr.. Law
renee Washington, the eldest son and heir
of the late Col. John A. Washington. After
the sale Of Mount Vernon Col. Washington
purchased "Waveaud," fine estate from
the late eX Governor Bedford Brown, of
North Caroina-this residence is only q
few miles from Marshall-the house on
which it is said Mr.. Washington's father
expended ten thousand dollars in improve
ments. 1t has spacious parlors, chambers and
coy library room. There are about a
thousand volumes, manuscripts, periodicals,
ETC., in this library, besides containing the
most valuable and sacred relics of the Wash
ington family-portraits, pictures, includ
ing the renowned pitcher picture, statuette
anG portrait Of the immortal George Wash
ington and the sabre which the latter wore
as a dress sword, and perhaps was the in
spiration of the ode by our lyric poet, Geo. P:
Morris, entitled ''The Sword and the Staff"
As one of the contributors to the columns
of the GAZETTE is seeking to prove the re-
atty of Satan, your correspondent would
respectfully refer him to the Bible, proof
of which is contained in the prophecy Of
Ezekial, chapter 2S, verses IS and 10 incu-
sive. The picture of the adversary of God
and mankind is readily recognized. II.
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Alleged Outrage.

STLoUI5, Jan. 17.-Mr. Meyer Kaufman,
q we'll known commission merchant, resid-
ing at No 1427 South Broadway, arrived in
the city yesterday from Cuba, after an ex-
perience there which ne will not soon for
get, and for which he will ask the United
States to demand Of the Spanish Govern
ment the sum of $4,000. Mr.. Kaufman
left this city in the early part Of last month
for Mexico, and when at Vera Cruz obtain
ed O passport to Cuba for himself and an
Interpreter named John Fura. Immediate
ly upon his arrival at Havana, aSpanish of.
ficer approached him and without an OK
PLANTATION of any kind, lugged him of to
Jail and locked him up. 1t was some time
before he comprehended the situation, but
be explained as best be could that there
was mistake somewhere. He did not at
first mind the matter, thinking that his ex-
PLANTATION would result in his release in q
short time Two or three days passed and
be wus still confined in the jail, having no
place wherein to lie but the tagging of
his cell, and being furnished with nothing
more substantial in the veg Of food than
the prison fare Of bread and water. Ha
learned that he had swindled merchants in
the city Of Mexico to the extent OF 1000.
He had been arrested as man named
Meyer, and the clue upon which the Span
ish authorities went in the arrest was furn
ished by his first namo and the fact that
the swinder was of the same race az him
self For twelve days and as many nights
Mr.. Kaufman, was confined in the Spanish
dungeon, and after the FIRST few days found
himself well nigh starved and stiAened with
sleeping on rough stone tagging. An Of
ficer q. last arrived from the City of Mex
leo, and ne was taken before that parsonage,
who, after examining him, declared be was
not the man that he was looking for. On
this, the Cuban authorities permitted his
release, and he was sent Off without word
of apology or explanation. For the loss of
his time, the loss to his business and the
personal indignity OF being thrown into
foreign Jail without anything resembling a
judicial proceeding, he will claim the
damages mentioned. Mr.. Kaufman says
that he did not appeal to the resident
American Consul for the reason that not
any such trouble as has belal-
len him, he had not taken papers with him
to prove himself citizen of the United
States, and there would have been little use,
he thought, in claiming protection without
these documents.
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Outbreak orInsanitx.

GRAFTON, W. Va, Jan. IA sad out
break ofintanity is reported from White
day, this county. Washington Lake has
Eve grown daughters. Two weeks ago
Tabitha got married and the young people
of the neighborhood, including her four Sis
tiers, celebrated the event by dancing all
night and nearly all the next day. On the
evening of the second day Martha, one Of
the sisters lost her reason and developed
into raying maniac, aud four days later
the bride went stark mad Since then the
three other sisters have exhibited evidences
Of insanity and the worst is feared.
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General Hazen Dead.

General w. B. Hazen, Chief Signal Officer
United States army died at Washington, D.
c., of diabeic coma, at eight o'clock yester-
day evening He had suffered from diabe.
ties for some years, but of late had improved
in health and strength, and hopes were en-
tanned of his complete recovery. At the re-
caption given to the diplomatic corps
by the President he took severe cold,
causing him to keep his bed on the 18th.
Ga tue 18th instant he was up and reported
himself much improved, saying that he
day morning bis physician, P. F. Harvey,
United States army, was summoned to see
him soon after daylight He repaired to
his rooms and found an alarming change in
his condition, suggesting poisoning Of the
blood from his constitutional disease. He
at once adopted measures to overcome this
condition and restore strength. A consuta-
ton was also sought with DR.. D. l.. Hunt
ington, of the army, who agreed in the
main with the attending physician. The case
was deemed of such extreme gravity that
his relatives in the city were informed, and
they gathered about him and spared no ef
fort to bring him relief. Some improve
ment resulted from the treatment, but to-
wards evening mis- symptoms became aggra-
vatod, aud at the request of his family, DR..
Lincola met Drs. Harvey and Huntington
in consultation. Every measure that skill
or science could suggest failed to rally the
sinking officer, and he breathed his last at
eight o'clock last night. His final illness
was not accompanied by suffering, and his
death was calm and without struggle.
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4 Strange Story.

A story is current that the late Prince
Imperial of Franco left an illegitimate son.
The alleged son is in France, while its
mother is in Australia. Mgr. Goddard, the
Prince Imperial's confessor, who now lives
at Chislehurst, has declared that there was
no truth in the report, and that no blemsh
rested on the memory of the late Prince
All the members of the Bonaparte family
agree with him in making this denial. Cor
roborative proof in support of the story has
now been produced in the shape of letters
and kilograms sent by the Prince to the
girl in question. The first is letter, hear
ing the London postmark of April 10, 1878,
ard is as follows: